Chapter 3 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 3.1

तेषामञ्जलिपद्मानि प्रगृहीतानि सर्वशः। प्रतिगृह्याब्रवीद् राजा तेभ्यः प्रियहितं वचः॥

teṣāmañjalipadmāni pragṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ| pratigṛhyābravīd rājā tebhyaḥ priyahitaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

And when they had raised to their heads their clasped hands resembling lotuses, the king responding to them addressed them in welcome words fraught with their good.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)